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9 killed in separate road accidents

Seven people have been killed after a head-on collision between a human haulier and a bus on Cox's Bazar-Chittagong Highway in Cox's Bazar's Chakaria upazila on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Dhaka Tribune

The incidents took place in Cox’s Bazar, Thakurgaon and Gopalganj

Nine people have been killed and several others injured in separate road accidents in Cox's Bazar, Thakurgaon and Gopalganj.

In Cox’s Bazar, seven on them died in a head-on collision between a human haulier and a bus on Cox's Bazar-Chittagong Highway in Harbang union’s Baraitola area under Chakaria upazila around 11am on Tuesday.

Five others were also injured in the incident, said Chakaria police station OC Md Bakhtiar Uddin.

OC Bakhtiar said most of the victims – both deceased and injured – were passengers of the human haulier.

“Four of them were declared dead upon arrival at Chakaria Upazila Health Complex. Two others died on their way to Chittagong Medical College Hospital and another at Chakaria’s Unique Hospital while undergoing treatment,” he added.

He said police later impounded both damaged vehicles, but could not detain the bus driver and his assistant as they fled the scene right away.

In Thakurgaon, a motorcycle rider was killed and two others injured after their two-wheeler collided head-on with pickup van on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh Highway in Telipara area on Tuesday morning.